Milwaukee Assembly Battles Over Lobby Law Amid Lincoln Holiday Fight
The Wisconsin Assembly debated a bill to bar political lobbyists, sparking sharp exchanges led by D Dahl and Barker over who qualifies. The session also killed a proposal to honor Lincoln’s birthday as a legal holiday, while committee actions moved various public works and school bills forward or backward.
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Milwaukee
Bill Tor
Lincoln
Br. Osborn
Judicial Circuit
Judiciary Committee
Martin
Rules
Messrs. Smalley
Bradford
Dow
Senate
Bird
Whitehead
Stout
Reukema
Roosevelt gifts pope ten bound volumes of presidential messages
President Roosevelt sends to Cardinal Gibbons a gift for Pope Leo XIII consisting of ten bound volumes containing messages and official documents of U.S. presidents from Washington to Roosevelt. Cardinal Gibbons forwards them to the pope with an autograph letter from the president and cardinal.
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Baltimore
Roosevelt
Cardinal Gibbons
Leo XIII
Holy Father
The
United 8
Washington
Clerryman
New York
Naples
Legacy to the church declared void by New York ruling
Justice Blanchard in the supreme court ruled that a $30,000 legacy left by the late Charlotte A Mount to Bishop Tuttle for erecting a church within his Episcopal jurisdiction is void. The $20,000 legatees must be distributed per the residuary clause of the will.
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New York
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Charlotte A. Mount
Tuttle
Episcopaiocese
Utah
Five Men Die In Ruby Sawmill Boiler Explosion
Gallipolis Ohio April 15 the boiler of Charles Bevans sawmill at Ruby exploded yesterday killing Charles Bevans Richard Houck Rufus Hiuck and two boys named Hock and Gouridge. Several others were badly injured.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Charles Bevans
Ruby
Richard Houck
Rufus Hiuck
Hock
Gouridge
Governor Fires Denver Fire and Police Board
Governor Peabody declared the Denver fire and police board vacant and appointed a new board yesterday. The governor’s appointees are expected to seize the offices and, if refused, seek court action to contest the move.
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Denver
Peabody
Denver Fire and Police Board
Divorce laws become stringent remarrying forbidden within state
A subesitiite divorce bill repeals 1901 provisions and bars remarriage if the other state prohibits it. It declares void any marriage solemnized to evade the act and returns to prior law on residency and penalties. Salary revisions for state officials follow, with figures for attorney general, first assistant, clerk, stenographers, and per diem allowances. Baldwin assumes command of Colorado department.
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Secont
Madison
Wisconsin News Roundup of Tragedies and Crimes
Reports from Wisconsin recount a welter of misfortune and crime. Williama Campeau of Oconto lost in a wrestling match and suffered a broken leg against Xavier Pocquette. Thomas Phillips pleaded guilty to burglary in Racine, receiving a three year prison term after stealing a $300 yacht. A mutilated unidentified man’s body was recovered from Manitowoc River as investigators seek identity. Iron Ridge foreman Carlos Shadow died instantly after being struck by a switch engine near Iron Mountain. Near West Salem, Herman Knowles died after being crushed under wheels following a fall from his engine. Knowles had been married to Miss Jennie Butts of Howard, Alabama, with plans to wed soon. A Hong Kong letter from Fenil du Lac notes health and travel well. Ira Baldhem, 2, drowned after being knocked into a river by a power-house door. Near La Crosse, steamers Glenmont and Van Sant were driven onto rocks by a severe Mississippi wind. a raft of over 1,000 logs broke away from the Glenmont with no injuries.
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Oconto
Xavier Pocquette
Thomas Phillips
Racine
Manitowoc
Carlos Shadow
Iron Ridge
Iron Mountain
West Salem
Herman Knowles J
North Western
Knowless
Jennie Butts
Howard
EB. S. Bragg
Fenil du Lac
Hong Kong
Ching
Ira Baldhem
Wisconsin Traction Company
Appleton
la Crosse
Gletmonk
van Sant
Mississippi Valley
Glenmont
Disparaging Remarks by General Baldwin Spark Inquiry
Washington April reports say General Frank D. Baldwin commander of the department of Colorado disparaged Filipinos and negro soldiers. The War Department has taken cognizance and directed a form of action to Baldwin regarding the remarks attributed to him.
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Baldwin
Philippines
Department of Colorado
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Washington
War Department
Frank D. Baldwin
Dr Chauncey Ayres of Stamford Dies at 85
Dr Chauncey Ayres of Stamford Connecticut died aged 85. He was the oldest graduate of Yale Medical School, finishing the course in 1881. He was at one time connected with the United States Coast Survey as a surgeon.
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Chauncey. Ayres
Stamford
Conn
Quyauncey Ayres
Yale Medical School
United States Coast Survey
SHOE MAN'S BRIDE They Cause Frequent Litigation
New York April 14 John H Hanan millionaire shoe manufacturer to wed tomorrow Mrs Edith Evelyn Smith at Shore Acres Narragansett Pier. Invitations sent to close friends. Greene's Inn hosting about thirty guests. Hanan's long suit history includes lawsuits for real estate and divorce battles with former wife Mrs Myre Smith. He recently transferred 46 Eighth Avenue Brooklyn home to his ex wife. Since separation he and Mrs Smith traveled Europe and cruised on his yacht with a congenial party.
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New York
John H. Ua‘nan
Edith Evelyn Smith
Shore Acres
Euelah H. Dutton
Chitago
Mr. Hanan
John 4Impson
Charles Talbot Smith
Thompson
Dutton
Chicago
Hanan
Myre. Smith
Rhode Isiadd
Tornado Ravages Evergreen Area Killing Ten People
A deadly tornado near Evergreen Alabama on April 15 caused extensive damage in Peterman area. Ten people are confirmed dead as homes and outbuildings were destroyed. Widespread telecommunications outages hinder information sharing.
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Evergreen
Ala
Peterman
Pennsylvanian Offered Chair in American History at Michigan
April 15 reports indicate Claude Van Tyne of the University of Pennsylvania will be offered the chair of American history at the University of Michigan, replacing Professor McLaughlin who will join the Carnegie Institute.
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Ann Arbor, Mien
Claude van Tyne
University of Peninsyivania
University of Michigan
Mclaughlin
Carnegie Institute
Miss Roosevelt Visited Asheville Guest of Vandervilts
Miss Alice Roosevelt arrived in Asheville on April 14 and will remain through the week as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Vandervilt.
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Roosevelt
Asheville
Asheville, N. C
Alice Roosevelt
George Vandervilt
Easter Tragedy Shocks Milwaukee Butcher Pleads Guilty
In Milwaukee on Easter Sunday April 14 John Totry a south side butcher shot and killed Martie Jacowicz. Totry was arrested and pleaded guilty to the homicide.
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Milwaukee
John Totryhis
Martie Jacowicz
Wilmette man commits suicide in St Louis hotel
Frank M. Westerfield of Wilmette, Sr., shot himself in a St Louis hotel last night, leaving a note claiming he feared he was losing his mind. The incident is under police review with no further details released.
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St Louis
Frank M. Westerfield
Wilmette, Sr
Train Collides With Trolley at Fleet Street Crossing
A Pittsonerg Railway trolley at the Fleet Street crossing in Rankinborough was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio freight train yesterday. Passengers were "more or less" tired, with injuries described as minor.
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Pittsonerg Railway Company
Baltimore & Ohiereight
Fleet Street Crossing
Rankinborough
Wisconsin spring report predicts record farm prospects for 1903
John M True, secretary of the state board of agriculture, reports improved conditions for Wisconsin farmers. Prospects are strong across crops, livestock, and prices, despite reduced rye and winter wheat acreage and some losses from lodged fall sown grain. Clover stands unusually good with large acreage, and the report notes spring rainfall and ongoing farm work, with clover and dairy markets cited among key factors.
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Madison
John BM. True
State Board of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Jas
Notable Judges and Writers Born in New York and Minnesota
United States Circuit Judge Amos M Thayer born in Chautauqua County New York sixty one years ago. He graduated Hamilton College served in the Civil War and was appointed district judge for eastern Missouri in 1887 by President Cleveland. Justus Miles Forman author of Journeys End born at Le Roy New York in 1875. As a schoolboy he moved to Minneapolis and received educational advantages afforded by wealth.
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United States
Amos M. Thayer
Chautauqua County
New York
Hamilton College
Ely
Signal Corps
St. Louis
East Orn
Missouri
Cleveland
Justus Miles Forman
Stockton
le Roy
Genesee Valley
Minneapolis
Briquettes From Lignite: North West Prospects for Fuel
Consular reports praise North Dakota Montana and Northwest lignite as a promising briquette source. Tests show Dakota lignite holds high moisture but forms firm nearly smokeless briquettes with only about four percent ash. German plant yields and profits cited. production process described from mining to pressing heat and moisture control to achieve durable briquettes.
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Noga
Pakatas
Montana
Germany
Berlin
Northwest
North Dakota
Iowa
Fragmentary Notice on a Student’s Early Life in Minnesota
A partial passage notes a person who pursued broad reading and amateur theatricals after high school and graduating from Minneapolis High School, hinting at early life details and inventive romances before later events.
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Yeang
Minnespolis High School
Goebel Monument Commission Awards $15000 Design
The Goebel monument commission will spend fifteen thousand dollars on a monument to the recently assassinated governor of Kentucky. Adams & Son of Lexington, Ky, offered the accepted design. The Barre granite and bronze statue will stand about thirty feet tall, including a ten foot bronze figure in a speaking pose.
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Goebel Monument Commission
Kentucky
Adams & Son
Lexington
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